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What
in the world would bring a traveler to Uziz? A lot more now that Gersan
the Sureshot, Gervena the Oblique, and Gerloc the Defender have set up
shop! Give them a powerful gem, more powerful than a Scintillating gem,
and they'll make you something pretty! For background on geomancy and the menhir rings which act as portals to the Vestibule dungeons, or on the Vestibule dungeons themselves, read the Breaking the Crystal Core and the Zone's The Vestibule Quests.
Gersan the Sureshot tells you, "If you can find a gem more powerful than a mere scintillating gem, I would be interested in it. Give me such a gem and I will use it to craft a magical bow for you. The bow will be so powerful, in fact, that normal ammunition will not work on it. You will have to come to me for arrowheads as well." To begin the Caulnalain Vestibule quest, you'll need a Caulnalain Key from a Shadow Lieutenant. Everyone going will need their own key. Shadow Lieutenants are commonly found in Northern Osteth near Stonehold and the Crater, and also in Southern Osteth along the Linvak Range. Note: extra keys may be given to collectors in exchange for 2,500 xp and 6,000 pyreal. To reach the Caulnalain Vestibule, run NW from Holtburg to 68.6N x 5.5E, or send someone ahead of time to tie to the portal and give you a ride. A quicker route is from the Crater (see shortcuts). You can take the Windrune Cottages settlement portal at 66.4N 14.3E. You'll exit at 62.6N, 3.2E, a short run from the entrance. The dungeon is restricted to Levels 26+. There are two parts to the dungeon. The first part, with its nasty Panumbris Shadows, Shadow Cysts (Level 89) and Grievvers, can be skipped if you have a little skill at jumping -- recommended 200+. Shortcut If you have a few jumping impaired people in your group (like me!), they might need to try several (or 8 or 9 ;) times before they master the jump. If you don't have recall, you'll need to have someone tied to the surface portal who can jump down into the pit and cast a portal to get you back to the entrance to try again. If you're unsuccessful, you can simply navigate the first section of the dungeon until you reach the gate area. Note: Several players have reported it is not necessary to take a running start. If you have a jump skill of at least 165, stand close to the portal hold the space bar all the way down. Press the forward button, the release the space bar. If you miss, you were standing either too close or too far from the portal. Thanks to Kurawa of WE! Caulnalain Vestibule Use your Caulnalain Key on the Gate to receive a Caulnalain Portal Gem. Wait! Don't use it yet! Time to buff! Caulnalain Chamber From the entrance take the tunnel East. At the first intersection make a right, heading South. You'll encounter 3 or so Shadows. At the next intersection head Left past the Shadow Lieutenant. At the larger room, take the West corridor, straight ahead. You'll be overlooking another room with several Shadows below. Use this opportunity to Imperil or Vuln before jumping below. After killing the Shadows take the East passage and then make your first left heading North. You'll encounter another group of 3 Shadows. At the next intersection take the left passage heading East and fight your way past the Caulnalain Shadow Leader (Level 58). When you hit the area with the large blue crystals, rebuff if necesary, then jump again to the level below. Note: The Caulnalain Shadow Leader drops a Throbbing Lump which can be translated in Cragstone. Once you've jumped into the pit, take the passage East then make a left heading Northeast. At the end of the corridor you'll come to the room with the Cualnalain Crystal (Level 126). It will be surrounded by a few Caulnalain Satellite Fragments (Level 26). Kill the Caulnalain Crystal (use Bludgeoning or a low Piercing attack) for your prize: the Caulnalain Gem! The Gem is no-drop, no-give and is on a one week real life timer. The Crystal is on a 5 minute spawn, so it's not too bad a wait for your entire group to get a Gem. Return with your Caulnalain Gem to Uziz for your prize, either an Orb, a Bow or a Shield. Double click the NPCs first so you make sure you turn your gem in to the correct brother. Portals to Uziz are located in the Haven Residential Quarters in Lytelthorpe (0.6N, 51.6E) and Tou-Tou (28.2S, 95.6E). To make a Crossbow, you must attach a stock. Bring Barnar the Tinker in Stonehold 68.8N, 21.5W a Wood Golem Heart and he will craft it into a stock for you. To make an Atlatl (added during A Perfect Paradox), give Gershan your bow. He will give you an Atlatl in exchange! The items may not be given, but they may drop on death. You may, however, tinker the items with ivory. During the Should the Stars Fall event, the value was reduced to make them less likely to be lost. Caulnalain Keys were also changed to be givable. Fenmalain Bows, Crossbows and Atlatls can only be used with Crystal Tipped Arrows, Quarrels and Darts -- pretty to look at, but not too practical! ;-) During A Perfect Paradox Crystal ammunition was also updated. Instead of each Crystal Arrowhead making 10 Arrows/Quarrels/Darts, they now make 250!! Note: to make Crystal Tipped Arrows, Quarrels or Darts, give Crystal Shards to Gersan the Sureshot and he will give you Crystal Arrowheads in return. Use fletching to attach them to Arrowshafts, Quarrelshafts or Atlatl Dart Shafts. If you haven't gotten too grossed out yet by carrying around your Throbbing Lump, take it to Bretself the Translator in Cragstone. He will give you the Shadow Missive in return.
You give Bretself the Translator Throbbing Lump. Text: Shadow Missive If you want more adventure, you can venture deeper into the Caulnalain dungeon. It's often camped with people hunting Fragments, but it sure is pretty and worth a look! At the very bottom is another surface portal. |
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Caulnalain Chamber Special thanks to Gheres Reficul for getting me a key and for organizing the fun! Visit the Abbreviations and Pronunciation page to find out how to pronounce Caulnalain! |
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